Changing Perspectives

Tag: Healing

  • Learning to Give Myself What I Keep Asking From People

    Learning to Give Myself What I Keep Asking From People

    I’m learning how to give myself the validation, reassurance and celebration I used to look for from other people. But there’s a part of that growth that scares me: what happens when I get so good at meeting my own needs that I start questioning what relationships are actually adding to my life? This is…

  • Defining Myself Beyond Gender Norms

    Trigger Warning: Discussions of sexual abuse and its effects It’s been a while, but life has been life-ing, lol. A few months ago, my sister and I were having a conversation about our family dynamic—the uniqueness of our siblings, our similarities, our differences, all that good stuff. At one point, she said something that caught…